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Comcast and Electronic Arts are teaming up to launch the beta of their Xfinity Games streaming service. It will allow Comcast customers to play games on their televisions that are streamed to their set-top box. Games can be controlled via smartphones or tablets.

Electronic Arts has announced plans to release Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, an upcoming collectible card game for mobile devices that spans the entire Star Wars universe. No release date was announced.

EA's running a massive sale which sees its most popular titles discounted by as much as 90 percent. The discounted titles include everything from board game apps, simulation and sports to the proverbial action games like Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. Join us after the break for the full list of games discounted on the iTunes Store.

There’s been a massive fiasco over the launch of EA’s mobile iteration of Dungeon Keeper last week, primarily from old-school PC gamers that are downright disgusted at how a beloved franchise has been warped by the standards of the mobile economy. The transition from a game about skill, strategy and timing to one about the amount of time you’re willing to wait or money you’re willing to spend is sharp, but there are reasons why things the way they are on mobile, and they don’t entirely revolve around greedy developers using abusive models.

Maxis recently announced that its 2013 release of SimCity will, for the first time, be playable offline. The game currently requires a persistent online connection to servers in order to work, but all that's set to change with the release of Update 10. Many, including me, have wondered what's taken so long. It was a major development challenge, according to the game's lead engineer.

EA has pushed out another impressive update to its equally impressive iOS racer, Real Racing 3, that for the first time brings cars from Ferrari into the mix. Not just any Ferraris either, but the F12 berlinetta, the FF and my own personal favorite, the 458 Italia. It's not just new cars either, the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona has been added too, along with a whole lot more.

Without fail, every year, we see updated titles to key franchises from EA, with a Madden NFL title being one of them. This year sees a milestone for the Madden series, with Madden 25 being the – you guessed it – 25th release. They've really gone to town on the console versions of the game, and in some regards the mobile version too. It looks incredible, has excellent controls for the touchscreen environment and all the licenses you can shake a stick at. But it's also the single most enraging game experience I've had in a long time. In short, EA has ruined this once great franchise with two 'F' words; freemium and Facebook.

We're at that time of year again, and as sure as the new NFL season begins we also get the yearly update to the Madden series. This years release, Madden 25, is now available to download for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch on the same day as the console release, and is following EA's now traditional free-to-play model:

EA has pushed out another update to Real Racing 3, that adds a bunch more cars, more events, and some visual tuning to make the already sublime graphics sing just a little bit more. The full changelog: